Self-harm hospitalizations and neighbourhood level material and social deprivation in Canada: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socio-economic status is associated with self-harm at the individual and area level. In Canada, there is limited evidence on the relationship between area-level markers of socio-economic status and self-harm. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of small area-level material and social deprivation on rates of hospitalization due to self-harm.

Methods

Administrative data on hospitalizations from two databases in Canada (Discharge Abstract Database and Ontario Mental Health Reporting System) for the period April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2022, were analyzed. Rates of self-harm hospitalization and percentage of repeated admissions were estimated across quintiles of material and social deprivation. Rate ratios were computed to evaluate disparities. The rates

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606135 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature